Horiba Mass Flow Instruments

***NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, Chemical Sciences Laboratory (CSL), intends to negotiation, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with DivInd LLC, to purchase 3 new mass flow controllers for aircraft measurements and requires a suite of mass flow controllers used for calibration and flow control for these new instruments. The original equipment manufacturer is Horiba. To be delivered to Boulder, CO.

***The sole source determination is based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) requirement that DivInd is the regional distributor for Horiba and therefore is the only authorized vendor that CSL is able to purchase these custom mass flow instruments from. CSL/ACCP requires the mass flow controllers to be functionally identical to units that were purchased previously for a similar use. This will ensure compatibility of this new item with existing custom hardware and software, and can act as a drop-in replacement for our other systems. The ones purchased previously were also from Horiba Instruments. Delivery is required by January 1, 2022.

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